Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

We have one planet in our solar system that’s habitable, and that’s the Earth, and space travel can transform things back here for the better. First of all, by just having people go to space and look back on this fragile planet we live on. People have come back transformed and have done fantastic things.

My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

I was a smart kid, but I hated school.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it’s just noise that can be a distraction.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

I used to consider the listener. But now I’m in a space where, if I’m not inspired, I can’t really do the music. I can’t feel it.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.

Music is this divine thing, the closest that we can get to something divine. It’s like this instinct we all own, and some of us have found a way to hear that music and write it down and share it with people.

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.

I give the children education.

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don’t be discouraged… just be willing to change.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better… I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.

Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.

Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still, to this day, I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility.

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy.

The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

I’m telling you there is hope. I have seen it, but it does not come from the governments or corporations. It comes from the people.

The secret is not to give up hope. It’s very hard not to because if you’re really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

Everywhere I go, the kids call me ‚the book lady.‘ The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the ‚book lady‘ title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I’ve done something good with my life and with my success.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

If your treat an individual… as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

I think New York has evolved in my work just the way the city has.

The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.

We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

If you are giving a graduate course you don’t try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.